Forum Message

As usual it sounds more like a bad owner than a bad dog. With the right owner and a muzzle at all times in public the dog almost certainly does not need to be killed. The dog should be removed from the owner and rehomed if possible to someone with a knowledge and understanding of the breed. There are breed-specific rescue websites that might take a dog in. The dog may have been trained by this dangerous fool of an owner to be an attack or fighting dog - they usually buy puppies or kittens off the internet that they train the dog to maul to death. Whether the dog can be trained out of this behaviour or whether anyone would take the time to do it is another matter. All but the few non-kill rescues usually give a dog around 72 hours to find a home before it is killed, and if it shows any sign of illness or aggression, much less time than that.